froe

  1. Rick M

    Looking for a decent froe

    I've been watching online auctions and beat up vintage froes sell for what a 'good' (not great) new one costs, sometimes more with shipping. But a lot of the new ones are flat and my understanding is that a froe should be thicker in the middle. Anyway, anyone have a line on somewhere local to...
  2. Timmy

    Homemade hand tools

    Yesterday I got a little adventurous, threw caution to the wind and instead of buying some tools, I made my own. I first made a cabinet scraper. I had to clean up the metal a little. After I got the metal almost all nice and shiny I had to make an edge on one side. I slapped a file in a vise...
  3. Splitting with froe

    Splitting with froe

    The riving process
  4. Rays

    Rays

    The riving process
  5. Ready for the ax

    Ready for the ax

    The riving process
  6. Good split

    Good split

    The riving process
  7. Leverage

    Leverage

    The riving process
  8. Getting rid of the sap wood

    Getting rid of the sap wood

    The riving process
  9. Splitting off the Juvenile wood

    Splitting off the Juvenile wood

    The riving process
  10. Ray fleck

    Ray fleck

    The riving process
  11. Ray grain

    Ray grain

    The riving process
  12. Riving Break

    Riving Break

    The riving process
  13. Ready for first cure

    Ready for first cure

    The riving process
  14. Flattened and edged

    Flattened and edged

    The riving process
  15. Scrubbing it flat

    Scrubbing it flat

    The riving process
  16. ready for the bench

    ready for the bench

    The riving process
  17. getting there

    getting there

    The riving process
  18. rough

    rough

    The riving process
  19. More chopping

    More chopping

    The riving process
  20. Starting to rough shape

    Starting to rough shape

    The riving process

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